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Programme Schedule

Time & Venue	Programme
0900 - 0915 Cinderella Room 1, Level 1	Opening Address
0915 - 1030 Cinderella Room 1, Level 1	CEO Panel - Developing Culture Through Leadership Panelists: • Michael Huddart, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Hong Kong, Manulife (International) Limited • Pieter Schats, Chief Executive Officer, Toys"R"Us Asia Limited • Sandrine Zerbib, President, adidas Greater China Moderator: • Mark Clifford, Editor-in-chief, South China Morning Post Publishers Limited Webcast: Broadband
1030 - 1050	Coffee Break
1050 - 1205 Cinderella Room 1, Level 1	HR Directors' Panel - Developing Middle Managers in Greater China Panelists: • Eva Chau, Head of AEJ Human Capital Management, Goldman Sachs, Hong Kong • Michael Cronin, EVP HR and Finance, ASIMCO Technologies Limited • Michael O’Hare, Vice President, Human Resources, China Beverages, PepsiCo International Moderator • Frank Gallo, Senior Consultant, Hewitt Asia Leadership Center Webcast: Broadband
1205 - 1235 Cinderella Room 1, Level 1	The Importance of Talent Management in Building Corporate Leadership If you want an edge in a fast-changing business environment, look to your workforce. Find better ways to develop and deploy talent. Manage your people as mission-critical assets that can help you achieve higher levels of operating performance. Your people determine the success of everything your organisation does - from serving customers to running an efficient supply chain. Talent Management solutions enable you to put the right people in the right jobs, develop and reward top performers, retain key talent for the long term and increase efficiency and operating performance throughout your organisation. Use Talent Management to turn every employee into a competitive asset. • Tim Darton, Director, Human Capital Management Solutions, Asia Pacific Division, Oracle Corporation Webcast: Broadband Download presentation
1235 - 1355 Enchanted Garden, Level 1	Lunch
1355 - 1510 Sleeping Beauty Room 1, Level 1	Breakout Sessions - Focusing on case studies and examples of leadership work Panelists: 1) Hi-potential Development This session is aimed at companies who are interested in finding out more about putting together their first high potential business programme in China. Hans Xin from adidas China will talk about their experience in this area, and the lessons learned from developing and launching a high potential programme in a new market. • Hans Xin, Senior HR Manager, adidas China • Vincent Gauthier, General Manager, Hewitt Associates LLC, Hong Kong Webcast: Broadband Download presentation
1355 - 1510 Cinderella Room 2, Level 1	2) Integrated Leadership Development This session will be looking at company-wide Leadership Development, and May Wong, Assistant Vice President HR, Hong Kong, Manulife (International) Limited will be sharing some insights from their recent work in leadership. Find out how Manulife is executing its strategy of driving business results through Leadership Development. • May Wong, Assistant Vice President HR, Hong Kong, Manulife (International) Limited •Ji-Ye Hwang, Consultant, Hewitt Associates LLC, Hong Kong Webcast: Broadband Download presentation
1355 - 1510 Cinderella Room 6, Level 1	3) Leadership Development in Greater China Looking at Leadership Development in Greater China, EVP HR & Finance, ASIMCO Technologies, Michael Cronin, will share the company’s story, and the realignment of leadership direction that led to the turnaround of its fortunes. • Frank Gallo, Senior Consultant, Hewitt Asia Leadership Center Webcast: Broadband Download presentation • Michael Cronin, EVP HR and Finance, ASIMCO Technologies Limited Webcast: Broadband Download presentation
1510 - 1530	Coffee Break
1530 - 1630 Cinderella Room 1, Level 1	Cultural Implications of Effective Leadership • Nandani Lynton, Vice-President Asia and Professor of Global Business of Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management Webcast: Broadband Download presentation
1630 - 1700 Cinderella Room 1, Level 1	Closing Remarks • Vincent Gauthier, General Manager, Hewitt Associates, Hong Kong Webcast: Broadband
Note: Organiser reserves the right to make alternations to the programme due to unexpected changes in travel commitments or the schedule of speakers.
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